Reply To: Okay, Nerdy Keith, I'll bite: Why would someone be a deist?
If God is eternal then he exists in a context which is as eternal as he is. The multiverse? Why not a multiverse which operates on its own with no need of a god?
Also, if you believe in God, you believe in magic. Your God is a cosmic sorcerer who pulls universes out of empty space as a stage magician might pull doves out of his sleeve.
If God exists where exactly it exists is unknown to us. Outside space and time is a possibility I’m open to; as many have claimed to believe. For all I know the God of nature could have its own separate universe within a multiverse; but that would be speculating too much
I don’t agree that believing in God as the same as magic. If I where a Christian who believed in miracles; you’d have a point there. Because miracles are basically a form of witchcraft when you think about it.
I suppose the best way I can explain this to you is would be to say; that the alleged acts of the God of nature may sound like magic to human beings. But to more primitive human beings of the past; the science and technology we have today would seem like magic. If we could travel back in time to the dark ages or even the 1600s and show the common human an iPhone; I think we can both imagine what their reaction might be. Another point is that typically most deists believe that the God of nature works in accordance with nature; without deviation from what we have learned about and see in nature. Something a theistic believer cannot claim (although they dishonesty attempt to)
At this point I just can’t accept that life is just the physical. I will have to do more research on the topic; but thats where I am at right now.
